Sample chapters

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21.

Using Windows 11

  • By Ed BottJul 3, 2023
  • In this sample chapter from Windows 11 Inside Out, award-winning technology journalist Ed Bott takes you through an overview of the Windows 11 user experience, from customizing the taskbar to using a keyboard and voice input.

22.

Azure Site Recovery

  • By Avinash ValiramaniJun 26, 2023
  • In this sample chapter from Microsoft Azure Monitoring & Management: The Definitive Guide discover Azure Site Recovery (ASR), Microsoft's powerful solution for business continuity and disaster recovery (BCDR).

23.

Design a security operations strategy

  • By Yuri Diogenes, Gladys Rodriguez, Mark Simos, Sarah YoungJun 26, 2023
  • In this sample chapter from Exam Ref SC-100 Microsoft Cybersecurity Architect learn how to define critical events, centralize log collection, and determine valuable security logs. With effective use cases and optimized log retention, you can stay one step ahead of cyber threats.

24.

Design data storage solutions

  • By Ashish Agrawal, Avinash Bhavsar, Gurvinder Singh, Mohammad Sabir SopariwalaJun 26, 2023
  • In this sample chapter from Exam Ref AZ-305 Designing Microsoft Azure Infrastructure Solutions explore the critical concepts of designing data storage solutions and data integration on the Microsoft Azure cloud platform. Cover topics such as designing solutions for relational and non-relational data, database service tier sizing, scalability, encryption, sharding, read scale-out, and elastic pools.

25.

Implement an authentication and access management solution

  • By Razi Rais, Jeevan Bisht, Padma Chilakapati, Ilya Lushnikov, Vinayak ShenoyJun 26, 2023
  • In this sample chapter from Exam Ref SC-300 Microsoft Identity and Access Administrator, learn how to protect your organization from cyber attacks and data breaches with Azure Multifactor Authentication (MFA). Gain practical insights on planning, implementing, and managing MFA, along with additional access management solutions.

26.

Preparing your environment for the cloud

  • By Aaron Guilmette, Ed Fisher, Darryl KeggJun 26, 2023
  • In this sample chapter from Microsoft 365 Administration Inside Out, 3rd Edition explore topics such as setting up the subscription, assigning administrators, configuring network settings, cleaning up directories, updating client software, and synchronizing users. The chapter emphasizes the importance of selecting a permanent tenant name, which will be branded across your subscription and visible in various services like Exchange Online, SharePoint Online, OneDrive for Business, Microsoft Teams, and Office Online.

27.

Security patterns

  • By Michael Howard, Simone Curzi, Heinrich GantenbeinJun 26, 2023
  • In this sample chapter from Designing and Developing Secure Azure Solutions learn more about design patterns and the importance of adopting these patterns to improve the secure design of solutions.

28.

Implement and manage Windows Server High Availability

  • By Orin ThomasDec 17, 2022
  • In this sample chapter from Exam Ref AZ-801 Configuring Windows Server Hybrid Advanced Services, you will explore why Windows Server high availability involves knowing the requirements for configuring a failover cluster and how to manage that cluster.

29.

Planning Microsoft Defender for Cloud adoption

  • By Yuri Diogenes, Tom JanetscheckDec 17, 2022
  • In this sample chapter from Microsoft Defender for Cloud, you will learn more about Defender for Cloud architecture, use cases, and key considerations for adoption.

30.

Design and implement core networking infrastructure

  • By Charles PlutaNov 5, 2022
  • In this sample chapter from Exam Ref AZ-700 Designing and Implementing Microsoft Azure Networking Solutions, you will review the primary components of a network infrastructure in Azure, which starts with virtual networks.

31.

Implement platform protection

  • By Yuri Diogenes, Orin ThomasNov 5, 2022
  • Azure has native platform security capabilities and services that should be leveraged to provide the necessary level of security for your IaaS and PaaS workloads. In this sample chapter from Exam Ref AZ-500 Microsoft Azure Security Technologies, 2nd Edition, you will learn about the skills needed to implement advanced network security.

32.

Manage Windows Servers and workloads in a hybrid environment

  • By Orin ThomasNov 5, 2022
  • In this sample chapter from Exam Ref AZ-800 Administering Windows Server Hybrid Core Infrastructure, you will learn about choosing and configuring administration tools as well as constrained delegation and Just Enough Administration for managing Windows Server instances.

33.

Model the data

  • By Daniil MaslyukNov 5, 2022
  • In this sample chapter from Exam Ref PL-300 Microsoft Power BI Data Analyst, you will explore the skills necessary to design, develop, and optimize data models.

34.

Bit by Bit by Bit

  • By Charles PetzoldOct 25, 2022
  • In this sample chapter from Code: The Hidden Language of Computer Hardware and Software, 2nd Edition, Charles Petzold explains why the bit, coined to mean binary digit, has come to be regarded in the computer age as the basic building block of information.

35.

Describe Azure architecture and services

  • By Jim CheshireOct 25, 2022
  • In this sample chapter from Exam Ref AZ-900 Microsoft Azure Fundamentals, 3rd Edition, you will explore key concepts in Azure’s architecture which apply to all Azure services.

36.

Introduction to Microsoft Sentinel

  • By Nicholas DiCola, Yuri Diogenes, Tiander TurpijnOct 25, 2022
  • Microsoft Sentinel delivers intelligent security analytics and threat intelligence across the enterprise, providing a single solution for alert detection, threat visibility, proactive hunting, and threat response. In this sample chapter from Microsoft Sentinel, Second Edition, you will explore the architecture, design considerations, and initial configuration of Microsoft Sentinel.

37.

Logic with Switches

  • By Charles PetzoldOct 25, 2022
  • For more than 20 years, readers have delighted in Charles Petzold's illuminating story of the secret inner life of computers. In this sample chapter from Code: The Hidden Language of Computer Hardware and Software, 2nd Edition, you will explore how algebra and electrical circuitry paved the way for computer design and construction.

38.

Modify the structure and appearance of text

  • By Curtis Frye, Joan LambertOct 25, 2022
  • In this sample chapter from Microsoft Office Step by Step (Office 2021 and Microsoft 365), you will learn how to apply paragraph and character formatting, structure content manually, create and modify lists, apply styles to text, and change a document’s theme.

39.

Set up a team

  • By Paul McFedriesOct 25, 2022
  • In this sample chapter from Microsoft Teams Step by Step, you will learn how to create a team from scratch, from one of your organization’s predefined team templates, or from an existing team or Microsoft 365 group.

40.

Azure App Service

  • By Avinash ValiramaniSep 24, 2022
  • Azure App Service is a compute service within Azure that enables you to host web applications, mobile application back ends, and REST APIs. In this sample chapter from Microsoft Azure Compute: The Definitive Guide, you will explore the key features of Azure App Service.

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